The Vision and Missions of Indonesian Vocational School Lecturers and Teachers Association (ADGVI) on Graduate's Users Assessment

Abstract

ADGVI is an Indonesian vocational school lecturers and teachers association that has been established since 2014. However, there have been no real efforts to realize its vision. This study aims to explore its vision and missions related to graduate's users, which in turn could lead ADGVI's service programs to meet the expectations of its members so as to foster trust, consistency, and strong support for the ADGVI programs. The research was conducted for 6 months at the Faculty of Engineering, Yogyakarta State University. The data were collected from vocational school teachers and lecturers (both ADGVI's members and non-members) using a questionnaire. The study was carried out with the following steps: (1) reviewing related literatures as the basis for instrument development, (2) developing the instrument, (3) conducting FGDs by involving stakeholders to obtain inputs for improving the vision statement and the proposed service programs, (4) collecting the data, (5) analyzing the data on the vision and missions which were translated into service programs related to vocational lecturers and teacher professionalism development. The vision formulation was approved by 92.3% of the respondnets. However, the vision statement needs to be simplified to make it meaningful and easy to memorize and understood. Almost all mission programs received 100% approval / agreement rating. The program funding is the aspect receiving the least agreement from the members. Regarding the program implementation, it requires hard work from the the ADGVI committee.